Recycling tips featured on show

February 12, 2012

Information on recycling old reclaimed doors, working with yarn to make fun accessories, and cooking with onions will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Bruce Johnson, spokesperson for Minwax in Upper Saddle River, N.J., is going to show what to do with reclaimed doors from barns, porches, even outdoor sheds by recycling them and turning them into a beautiful headboard, room divider or coffee table.

Crafter, Maria Nerius, will show off the hottest yarns in a crafty fashion – and pom poms are back! Nerius will show how to make some fun accessories, jewelry, and other items. She’s with favecrafts.com and lives in Palm Bay, Fla.

Kim Reddin represents the National Onion Assn. in Greeley, Colo., and she’s going to demonstrate how to cut an onion as well as share some tips for reducing tears and other important onion facts, including selection and storage.

Information on making ballet costumes, preventing elder abuse, and correctly cooking eggs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon on Tuesday and 2 p.m. on Saturday. (All times are Mountain.)

Andrea Schewe is a pattern designer with Simplicity Pattern Co. in New York City, and she is going to share some tips for making ballet costumes and other garments that call for using stretchy fabrics.

Thomas Lee is an elder attorney with Senior Resources of America, and he’s going to talk about how to prevent elder abuse from happening to your loved ones. Lee is from West Hills, Calif.

Eggs are an ingredient in many picnic recipes, and Connie Cahill talks about food safety and how to correctly hard cook eggs. She represents the West Coast United Egg Producers in Folsom, Calif.